I am working with a
number of councils that are in the process of getting their site
allocations plan ready for a Reg 19 consultation and doing a
viability assessment as part of the evidence base. They are
pondering how the new class E should be treated in the
assessment – some are suggesting specific uses in their plan and
will try to use conditions to pin them down when the
applications come in.
I'm not sure about
this so wanted to ask how are others factoring Class E into
their assumptions? Do assessments just continue to be undertaken
as they've always been? If so, is this potentially less
favourable towards the potential value of a development now that
future uses are so flexible?
